Category Archives for Brainy
An indispensable and gorgeous guide to museum and gallery exhibits when you’re in Paris: Exponaute
The best thing about big cities is that they’re giant cans of concentrated culture. Museums and galleries up the wazoo. (And yes, even people who say “wazoo” can like high art.) When you’re visiting Paris, you can grab one of … Continue reading
Let your kid toss a (cartoon) hamster rather than his food: Geared 2
I brought along a little baggie of cheese crackers to my cousin’s wedding because my kid was two and I figured I’d slip him one every time he started to get fidgety. It worked for a bit, but then he … Continue reading
Matt made Matt’s Orangutan App to help save endangered orangutans, which makes him my hero
If you’re passionate about a certain thing, you know as well as I do that you’re always scrounging all over the web to feed that passion. If you love orangutans, for example, you have to go to many different sites … Continue reading
The PRI app, for embracing your inner NPR nerd
I am a public radio junkie. Always have been. My friend Max and I were speaking recently about how Ira Glass’s voice makes me swoon (I think he professed similar, yet manlier feelings on the matter), and how I like … Continue reading
Just want to dash in and leave Jim Morrison a joint? iPèreLachaise
So my nephew came to Paris all by himself to visit his auntie for the first time this summer, a week before he turned 13. I planned the gothic and gargoyle teenage boy trip for him, though I did sneak … Continue reading
POETRY makes the subway stink less
There are moments, like when you’re waiting for the subway and you’re surrounded by too many grumpy people and breathing in all those special urban odors, when it would be really nice to be able to wave your magic wand … Continue reading
